Chapter Summaries

Kabuto defeated Danzo and believed he had finally avenged the Director, then agreed to help Obito carry out the Eye of the Moon Plan. Danzo survived by using Izanagi, but the Uchiha Clan surrounded him as he vowed to kill Kabuto.

• Kabuto used Sage Art to break Danzo's Wood Release defense and severed Danzo's arm, then continued attacking him.
• Danzo activated the Reverse Four Symbols Seal, but Kabuto escaped underground as Senjutsu-powered plants and earth engulfed Danzo in an explosion.
• Kabuto remembered the Director, put on an Akatsuki Robe, and left with Obito after agreeing to help create a new world.
• Danzo reappeared unharmed through Izanagi, revealing his Sharingan and vowing revenge on Kabuto.
• The Uchiha Clan surrounded Danzo and challenged him about whom he planned to kill.

Sasuke and the Uchiha confronted Danzo as his first Izanagi wore off, intending to kill him and reclaim the Sharingan he had stolen. Danzo survived their attack by activating more Izanagi with Sharingan he had implanted in his arm, then vowed to kill the Uchiha and take their eyes.

• Danzo realized a large crowd of Uchiha had surrounded him, and Sasuke told them that Izanagi was about to end.
• The Uchiha learned that Danzo’s implanted Sharingan were imitations except for the clan eye in his right socket, which he had already used.
• After Izanagi ended, Danzo revived under genjutsu, summoned Baku, and attacked Shisui as he tried to escape.
• An Uchiha pierced and destroyed Danzo’s heart, but Danzo activated Izanagi using the Sharingan in his forehead.
• Sasuke and the Uchiha defeated Baku, then discovered Danzo had implanted a row of Sharingan in his right arm.
• Danzo threatened to kill the Uchiha and take their eyes.

The Uchiha repeatedly killed Danzo as Tetsuya, Madara, and Izuna waited for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki to intervene. Danzo reached Konoha’s border watchtower with Isshiki’s help, but Sasuke killed him in front of the Konoha ninja.

• The Uchiha took turns killing Danzo, and several clan members awakened three-tomoe Sharingan.
• Izuna sensed a spatial fluctuation, and Danzo escaped the Uchiha with Isshiki’s help.
• Izuna tracked another spatial fluctuation as Isshiki repeatedly helped the wounded Danzo evade the pursuing Uchiha.
• Danzo reached the Konoha Border Watchtower and called to the Konoha ninja for help.
• Sasuke summoned Complete Body Susanoo and killed Danzo in front of the Konoha ninja.

Tetsuya’s plans led Sasuke and the Uchiha Clan to kill Danzo and announce their return to Konoha. Tetsuya, Madara, and Izuna then confronted Jigen in his alternate dimension, where Tetsuya revealed that he knew Jigen was Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

• Tetsuya told Sasuke to use genjutsu to keep Danzo spending his artificial Sharingan and to kill him near the Konoha Watchtower.
• Sasuke killed Danzo with Susanoo, then announced to Konoha that the Uchiha Clan had returned.
• The Uchiha left Konoha as its ninja watched, while Jigen lamented Danzo’s death and considered recruiting Chiba.
• Madara, Izuna, and Tetsuya appeared in Jigen’s alternate dimension, which Izuna had located with his Rinnegan.
• Tetsuya questioned Jigen about Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and addressed him as Ōtsutsuki Isshiki.

Tetsuya, Izuna, and Madara sat down with Jigen to discuss the Ōtsutsuki Clan and its flawed understanding of life. Jigen traced the clan’s decline to its strongest member, Shibai Ōtsutsuki, while the Shinobi World reeled from the Hokage’s assassination by members of the supposedly extinct Uchiha Clan.

• Jigen chose to seek cooperation with Tetsuya rather than fight, and Tetsuya agreed to discuss whether they could become friends.
• Jigen served Tetsuya, Izuna, and Madara wine and food, and Tetsuya asked him about the Ōtsutsuki Clan.
• Madara described life’s instincts as survival, reproduction, and the continuation of a species, and Jigen agreed with his account.
• Jigen said the Ōtsutsuki Clan had gone wrong by treating individual existence as more important than families and species.
• Jigen identified Shibai Ōtsutsuki as the origin of the clan’s flawed understanding of life.
• News spread that Konoha’s Hokage had been assassinated on the way to the Land of Grass by members of the long-extinct Uchiha Clan.

Tsunade learned that Danzo had been killed by the Uchiha and resisted taking the Hokage position again, though she accepted that the village might need her. In Jigen’s alternate-dimension base, he explained the Ōtsutsuki Clan’s pursuit of godhood and admitted he wanted to cooperate because he wanted to stay alive.

• Jiraiya learned that Sasuke Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha had led the Uchiha Clan in killing Danzo.
• Tsunade confronted Jiraiya after learning that Mitokado and Koharu had removed her as Hokage, and she refused to take the position again.
• A jonin sent by Mitokado and Koharu asked Tsunade to meet with them, but she drove him away.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade that Danzo was dead and that the village could not endure further upheaval; Tsunade acknowledged that the village had to come first.
• Jigen told Tetsuya, Izuna, and Madara that he was incomplete and could never become a second Shibai Ōtsutsuki.
• Madara asked why Jigen wanted to cooperate with them, and Jigen answered that he wanted to stay alive.

Jigen allied with Tetsuya, Madara, and Izuna to stop Kaguya’s resurrection, agreeing to give Madara his juvenile Ten-Tails. After learning the attackers had the Rinnegan and an Amegakure aura, Jiraiya realized Team 7’s report pointed to a new threat.

• Jigen explained that Kaguya’s resurrection would doom the shinobi world and eventually kill him, so he needed allies.
• Madara asked for Jigen’s juvenile Ten-Tails as proof of sincerity, and Jigen agreed to give it to him.
• Tetsuya accepted Jigen’s alliance without conditions, and the group prepared to leave.
• Madara asked about the Sharingan Jigen had given Danzo, and Jigen said a genius he knew had copied them.
• A messenger reported that Akatsuki had attacked Kakashi’s Team 7 outside Konoha, but the team had returned safely.
• Kakashi told Jiraiya that an attacker had the Rinnegan and another had an Amegakure aura, making Jiraiya frown.

Jiraiya decided to infiltrate Amegakure to investigate the Rinnegan-wielding Akatsuki member and search for the organization’s headquarters. In Amegakure, Tetsuya told Yahiko that Jiraiya was coming, and Yahiko eagerly asked whether the Konoha Sannin was strong.

• At Ichiraku Ramen, Jiraiya questioned Naruto about the Rinnegan-wielding man and left determined to investigate him.
• Jiraiya told Tsunade he planned to infiltrate Amegakure alone, despite her warning that the mission could get him killed.
• Yahiko complained to Nagato’s clone about being buried in paperwork instead of leading the Akatsuki.
• Tetsuya told Yahiko that Jiraiya was coming to the Land of Rain to gather intelligence, and Yahiko asked whether he was strong.

Jiraiya arrived in a prosperous, modern Amegakure to investigate the Akatsuki, unaware that the city’s surveillance system had detected him and officials were guiding his movements. After learning about the Akatsuki’s former base and following a trail of red-cloud clues, he reached Red Cloud Farm on the outskirts.

• Jiraiya entered Amegakure and was unknowingly spotted by officials monitoring the city’s networked surveillance system.
• Jiraiya went to a famous izakaya, where a drunk man told him that the Akatsuki across the street was not the rogue ninja organization he suspected.
• Jiraiya visited the Akatsuki Odd Jobs, a tourist attraction documenting the organization’s history, and noticed a red-cloud mark pointing in a particular direction.
• Jiraiya followed clues from a red-cloud mark to a cotton candy shop and onward out of the city.
• Jiraiya arrived at Red Cloud Farm and wondered whether it could be connected to the Akatsuki.

Jiraiya entered an abandoned Farm and discovered that Yahiko, presumed to have betrayed the Akatsuki, was alive and secretly leading Amegakure. After revealing that Amegakure had deceived the shinobi world, Yahiko attacked Jiraiya and opened the Eight Gates Formation.

• Jiraiya entered the Farm after its gates opened and found Yahiko waiting in a warehouse.
• Yahiko identified himself as an Akatsuki founder, Amegakure's leader, and the man Jiraiya had come to find.
• Yahiko revealed that he had never betrayed Nagato, Konan was alive, Hanzō had died, and an impostor had taken his place.
• Yahiko told Jiraiya that the Akatsuki had always worked for Amegakure, and Jiraiya realized he needed to take the intelligence back.
• Yahiko attacked Jiraiya and overwhelmed him in a taijutsu exchange.
• Yahiko declared the warm-up over and opened the Eight Gates Formation.

Yahiko used the Eight Gates Formation and several of the Second's techniques to overwhelm Jiraiya, who demanded to know who had taught him. Tetsuya appeared and revealed that he had trained Yahiko and had faked his own death, leaving Jiraiya stunned by the truth.

• Yahiko opened the first six gates and fought Jiraiya, who used the Swamp of the Underworld and Rasengan to counter him.
• Yahiko unleashed Morning Peacock and opened the seventh gate, while Jiraiya answered with Wild Lion's Mane Jutsu and a Rasengan.
• Yahiko pierced Jiraiya with Hard Vortex Water Blade and struck him with several more techniques Jiraiya recognized as the Second's.
• Tetsuya emerged from the steam and told Jiraiya that he had taught Yahiko the techniques.
• Yahiko called Tetsuya his master, and Tetsuya explained that he had learned the techniques by sneaking a look at Konoha's Scroll of Seals.
• Jiraiya recognized Tetsuya as the Ramen Shop owner he had known, and realized Tetsuya had faked his death and that Yahiko had fooled the shinobi world using Hanzō.

Tetsuya captured Jiraiya, sealed his chakra, and took him from Amegakure to the Daimyo’s Palace in the Land of Grass. There, he introduced Jiraiya to Madara, Izuna, and Jigen, leaving Jiraiya stunned by their identities and the revelations about Tetsuya’s past.

• Tetsuya burned a message-bearing toad, sealed Jiraiya’s chakra, and decided to show him what he was trying to accomplish.
• Tetsuya used the Flying Thunder God Technique to take Jiraiya from Amegakure to the Daimyo’s Palace in the Land of Grass.
• Tetsuya brought Jiraiya to meet Madara, Izuna, and Jigen as they discussed Akatsuki’s failed attack on Kumogakure.
• Izuna recognized Jiraiya from the Amegakure Battlefield and mocked his fight against Hanzo.
• Tetsuya revealed that Izuna had fought as the White-Masked Madara and that he himself had been Tobi, then introduced Madara and described Jigen as Kaguya-hime’s colleague.

Tetsuya had Jigen explain the origins of the shinobi world to Jiraiya while secretly publishing a fabricated report that Jiraiya had been killed. The news prompted Iwagakure and Kumogakure to prepare for war, while Nagato, Obito, and Black Zetsu discussed using the growing chaos.

• Tetsuya explained that Jiraiya’s death could weaken Konoha and help ignite a war, then posted a report claiming a mysterious Akatsuki member had killed him.
• Jigen began telling Jiraiya about the origins of the shinobi world, unaware that news of his supposed death was spreading.
• Tsunade was devastated by the news, and Naruto shut himself in his room after seeing it.
• Ōnoki confirmed the report and agreed with Raikage A to attack the Land of Fire, then ordered Iwagakure’s troops to assemble.
• Nagato recognized Yahiko as Jiraiya’s apparent killer and considered the death an opportunity to create chaos.
• Obito confronted Nagato about the killing, and Black Zetsu told them Iwagakure and Kumogakure were gathering troops at the borders.

Tetsuya allowed Iwagakure’s army to cross the Land of Grass only if it paid a toll, sending Sasuke and a force of Uchiha to enforce the demand. After seeing the Uchiha’s strength, Ōnoki agreed to pay and continued toward the planned attack on Konoha.

• Shinada told Tetsuya that Iwagakure had demanded passage through the Land of Grass, and Tetsuya ordered a welcoming party assembled to collect a toll.
• Tetsuya summoned Uchiha Izuna through a mirror of light and sent Shinada to notify the Uchiha Clan.
• Sasuke and the Uchiha appeared before Kitsuchi’s army, revealing a city-state and their allegiance to the Land of Grass.
• Sasuke told Kitsuchi that Iwagakure could pass only after paying a toll, while the Uchiha drew their weapons to block the route.
• Kitsuchi called Ōnoki, who agreed to pay after learning that White-Masked Madara Uchiha and other powerful Uchiha were present.

Obito ordered Kabuto to bring back four powerful shinobi’s remains so they could attack Nagato and reclaim the Rinnegan, while Tetsuya made his own arrangements. The Shinobi World War began with attacks on Konoha, and Gaara decided that Sunagakure would join the conflict.

• Obito called Kabuto back with the remains of the Second Mizukage, Second Tsuchikage, Third Raikage, and Fourth Kazekage to help him reclaim Nagato’s Rinnegan.
• Kabuto told Tetsuya about Obito’s plan to use the four reincarnated shinobi against Nagato, and Tetsuya instructed him to hold back at a critical moment.
• Kumogakure attacked a Konoha border outpost and captured it before reinforcements arrived, while Iwagakure’s assault on another base was repelled after Konoha used Tetsuya’s intelligence.
• Konoha asked Sunagakure for aid, and Gaara ended the leaders’ debate by ordering Sunagakure to join the war.

Nagato confronted Obito and Kabuto at the Akatsuki Base, where Kabuto summoned four reincarnated Kage to fight him. Meanwhile, Tetsuya persuaded the Small Country Alliance to form the Shinobi World Federation, leaving him poised to lead the new power as the great nations' war began.

• Obito arrived at the Akatsuki Base with Zetsu and Kabuto and demanded Nagato's Rinnegan, but Nagato revealed he had already killed Obito's planted agents.
• Kabuto used Impure World Reincarnation to summon Mu, Hozuki Gengetsu, A, and Rasa, who attacked Nagato together.
• Nagato unleashed Super Shinra Tensei against the four Kage, and Obito used Kamui to protect himself and Kabuto.
• Tetsuya told the Small Country Alliance that its members had become one commercial power and urged them to let the great nations exhaust themselves in war before striking.
• Yahiko supported Tetsuya's plan, and supporters killed the dissenters before the Shinobi World Federation was founded with Tetsuya as its intended first head of state.

Nagato recovered his sight after Orochimaru replaced his Rinnegan, then learned that Tetsuya had founded the Shinobi World Federation. As the war widened and jinchūriki were sent to the front, Tetsuya prepared the Federation to enter the fighting and anticipated Obito’s next move.

• Orochimaru told Nagato that his new eyes would not be rejected and explained that the Rinnegan had constantly drained his chakra.
• Yahiko and Konan checked on Nagato, then Yahiko explained that Tetsuya had established the Shinobi World Federation and become its first President.
• At the President’s Residence, Tetsuya heard that Kumogakure and Kirigakure had joined Iwagakure against the Konoha-Sunagakure alliance, pushing the war into the Land of Fire.
• Tetsuya learned that Killer B and Konoha’s Nine-Tails Jinchuriki were heading toward a clash and predicted Obito would try to capture both tailed beasts.
• Tetsuya ordered the Federation’s ninjas to prepare for war, planning to enter after the current forces had weakened each other.

Kumogakure's war council learned that the Akatsuki had attacked its mausoleum while its forces were away, but Raikage A chose to continue the advance on Konoha. At the front, Neji and Might Guy went on patrol as an unknown group raced toward them through the night.

• Raikage A learned that the Akatsuki had destroyed the mausoleum where Kinkaku's and Ginkaku's ashes were stored, then ordered Kumogakure's forces to follow their original plan against Konoha.
• Neji treated wounded Hyuga Branch Family members and vowed that things would change once the Federation entered the war.
• Konoha's Jonin learned that Kumogakure's main force was approaching and that Kakashi and Team 7 would arrive as reinforcements the next morning.
• Might Guy invited Neji on patrol, and they left the camp together as an unknown group raced toward them under cover of darkness.

Might Guy and Neji discovered Darui’s Kumogakure squad during a night patrol, and the signal flare alerted Konoha’s camp. After Darui’s team attacked, Raikage A abandoned the camp preparations and ordered a rapid advance to reinforce Darui and blitz Konoha.

• Guy and Neji spotted Kumogakure ninja, and Neji fired a signal flare to warn Konoha.
• Guy attacked Darui’s squad while Neji faced the other Kumogakure ninja.
• Darui used lightning and Storm Release techniques against Guy, who fought back with his nunchaku.
• Neji used the Tai Chi Breathing Method to counter and subdue a Kumogakure attacker as the squad rushed him.
• Raikage A saw the signal flare, ordered his forces to travel light, and set out to reinforce Darui and blitz Konoha.

Might Guy and Neji fought off Darui’s scouting squad, but Konoha reinforcements arrived and surrounded the Kumogakure ninja. The Fourth Raikage A and Killer B then joined the battle, and A launched an attack on the Konoha forces.

• Might Guy opened the Seventh Gate and overwhelmed Darui, while Neji held off the rest of the scouting squad.
• Darui ordered his squad to retreat, but Konoha reinforcements arrived and surrounded them.
• Konoha’s ninja attacked, and Might Guy knocked Darui down and called for him to surrender.
• The Fourth Raikage A arrived with Killer B, told Darui their plan had changed, and declared they would attack Konoha head-on.
• Raikage A charged at the Konoha forces with Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.